Czech Embassy in Hanoi: Address, Hours & Consular Services 2026

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi is at 13 Chu Van An, phone +84 24 3845 4131. The office works Monday to Friday 8:30 am–4:30 pm, but the consular section receives citizens only by appointment on Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings. It handles Czech passports and ID cards, civil registry, citizenship, Czech POINT extracts, signature authentication and certified copies for Czech nationals throughout Vietnam. Info Travel helps Czech citizens with Vietnamese visas, residence cards, legalisation and translations – WhatsApp +84327828822.

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Czech Embassy contact details

Item	Details
Address	13 Chu Van An, Hanoi
Phone	+84 24 3845 4131 / +84 24 3845 4132 (lines open Mon–Fri, 1–4 pm)
Email	Consular: hanoi.consulate@mzv.gov.cz – General: hanoi@mzv.gov.cz
Website	https://mzv.gov.cz/hanoi/en/
Opening hours	Office: Mon–Fri 8:30 am–4:30 pm. Consular: Mon 1–4 pm and Thu 9 am–12 pm (appointment only). Legalisation/authentication: Thu 9 am–12 pm (appointment only)
Jurisdiction	All of Vietnam; consular days in Ho Chi Minh City 1–2 times a year

Phones are answered only between 1 and 4 pm. For appointments or document questions, email hanoi.consulate@mzv.gov.cz in Czech or English. The address is given exactly as the embassy publishes it.

Consular services for Czech citizens

According to the embassy’s consular pages, the Hanoi consular section deals with:

Czech passports and identity cards – applications by appointment.
Czech POINT – extracts from Czech public registers.
Civil registry: recording births, marriages and deaths that took place in Vietnam in the Czech special register.
Citizenship matters, including certificates of Czech citizenship.
Extracts from the Czech Criminal Record Register (also available during consular days in Ho Chi Minh City).
Authentication of Czech citizens’ signatures and certification of copies (bring the original, a photocopy and valid ID).

The embassy does not translate documents and certifies translations only into Czech or English. It cannot certify copies of passports, ID cards, driving licences or documents with embossed seals. Its pages do not describe an emergency travel document service, so if your passport is lost, call or email the embassy to ask how they will handle your case.

Before you visit

Every consular service requires a prior appointment by email; visas have a separate online booking page.
Bring your Czech passport or valid ID plus originals and copies of the documents involved.
Consular days in Ho Chi Minh City are cash only; in Hanoi, copy certification is charged per page in Vietnamese dong.
In 2026 the embassy closes on Czech and Vietnamese holidays, including 1 Jan, 16–20 Feb, 3 and 6 Apr, 27 and 30 Apr, 1 May, 8 May, 5–6 Jul, 1–2 Sep, 28 Sep, 28 Oct, 17 Nov, 24–26 Dec and 31 Dec.
Check by phone or email before you travel – consular-day dates and hours can change.
Many visitors report that emails and calls are not answered promptly: phone within the 1–4 pm window, email early and follow up if you hear nothing for a few days.
Even if you arrive exactly on time for an appointment, expect some waiting; bring all originals and copies so you do not need a second visit.
Student and work visa applications for Czechia can take several months – apply well ahead of your course or job start date.
At reception, explain your matter briefly in English or Czech and show your appointment confirmation email.

What foreigners usually need help with

Lost or stolen Czech passport: get a police report where it happened, then contact the embassy for a replacement travel document. Because your Vietnamese visa or residence card was in the old passport, you will then need a new visa or an exit permit from the Immigration Department – see our guide to exit procedures for foreigners.

Passport about to expire: apply for the new passport at the embassy, then transfer your visa or temporary residence card to the new book. If your permitted stay is also ending, arrange a visa extension at the same time.

Marriage, birth or work permit in Vietnam: Czech nationals often need proof of marital status, a criminal record extract or certified copies for Vietnamese authorities, and Vietnamese certificates later have to be recorded in the Czech registry.

Signature authentication: for example a power of attorney to be used in Czechia – usually done the same day unless many acts are involved.

Newly arrived visitors also ask us about the Vietnam e-visa every day.

Czech passport help in Vietnam

The Czech Embassy in Hanoi accepts passport and ID card applications by appointment. Applicants normally attend in person so biometrics can be taken, so Info Travel cannot apply on your behalf. Within what the embassy permits, we draft the appointment email, prepare photos and supporting papers, translate Vietnamese documents you need to attach and guide you to 13 Chu Van An. Once the new passport arrives, we transfer your visa or residence card and handle any related immigration steps.

Consular legalisation, MOFA certification and notarised translation

Two things make Czech–Vietnamese paperwork simpler. First, the two countries have a 1984 Treaty on Legal Assistance under which documents issued by Vietnamese authorities in the prescribed form are accepted in Czechia without further legalisation. Second, although the Apostille Convention entered into force for Vietnam on 11 September 2026, Czechia objected to Vietnam’s accession, so the Convention does not apply between Czechia and Vietnam: an apostille cannot replace consular legalisation for documents moving between the two countries.

a) Czech documents for use in Vietnam: first check whether the 1984 treaty already exempts the document. If not, have it certified by the competent Czech authority (normally the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and legalised at the Vietnamese Embassy in Prague, then get a notarised translation into Vietnamese. Note that the Czech Embassy in Hanoi does not authenticate Czech-issued documents for use in Vietnam. Unless exempted by an international treaty (such as the 1984 treaty), Vietnamese offices will require consular legalisation – a Czech apostille is not enough.

b) Vietnamese documents for use in Czechia: many are accepted directly thanks to the 1984 treaty, and signatures certified by a Vietnamese notary are usually accepted too. Where a Czech authority asks for more, the document is certified at the Consular Department (MOFA, Hanoi) or the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs and then legalised at the Czech Embassy (Thursday mornings, by appointment). A Vietnamese apostille cannot be used instead. Vietnamese–Czech certified translations must come from a translator authorised in Czechia; since 1 January 2026 many lost that authorisation, so check the Czech register of experts and translators.

Info Travel handles the whole chain: translation, notarisation, MOFA/DOFA stamp, embassy legalisation, and submission and collection. Read more on consular legalisation in Vietnam and apostille vs consular legalisation. Ask for a quote on WhatsApp +84327828822.

Frequently asked questions

Can I call the Czech Embassy in the morning?

According to its website, phone lines are open only 1–4 pm, Monday to Friday. Outside those hours, email hanoi.consulate@mzv.gov.cz.

I live in Ho Chi Minh City – do I have to fly to Hanoi for a passport?

The embassy covers all of Vietnam and holds consular days in Ho Chi Minh City once or twice a year (cash only). Email to ask for the next date; if it is urgent you will need to go to Hanoi.

Do Vietnamese documents need legalisation by the Czech Embassy?

Usually not. Under the 1984 legal assistance treaty, documents issued by Vietnamese authorities in the prescribed form are accepted in Czechia without further legalisation. Ask the receiving Czech office about translation requirements.